Haplodiploidy, sex-ratio adjustment, and eusociality.
Hamilton's "haplodiploidy hypothesis" holds that inflated sororal relatedness has promoted altruistic sib rearing in haplodiploids, potentially explaining their apparent predisposition to eusociality. Here, we suggest that haplodiploidy may instead promote eusociality simply by facili...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2013
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